Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful hosted 100 delegates from 54 countries at the Foundation for Environmental Education’s Eco-Schools National Operator Meeting. They were welcomed to Northern Ireland with a reception at Stormont.
Front Row: Anna Lo MLA, Chair of the Environment Committee; David Weir MLA, Chair of the Education Committee; Daniel Schaffer, CEO Foundation for Environmental Education and Tony Wilcox, Chair of Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful.
Pictured from left to right are Dr Ian Humphreys, CEO Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful; Bríd Conneely, International Director of Eco-Schools; Daniel Schaffer, CEO Foundation for Environmental Education; Anna Lo MLA, Chair of the Environment Committee; and David Weir MLA, Chair of the Education Committee.
National Operators were welcomed to Northern Ireland with a reception at Stormont hosted by Anna Lo MLA, Chair of the Environment Committee and David Weir MLA, Chair of the Education Committee.
Pictured are L-R: Erdenbayar Shinetsetseg, Eco-Schools Mongolia; Anna Lo MLA, Chair of the Environment Committee; Nadezhda Morozova, Eco-Schools Russia; Chew Pei Jing, Eco-Schools Malaysia and Chitra Venkatesh, Eco-Schools Singapore.
Pupils from Lagan College, Belfast and Rainey Endowed School, Magherafelt were there to report on the proceedings.
L-R Nicolas Jamison, Lagan College; David Eagleson, Rainey Endowed; Dr Ian Humphreys, CEO Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful; Mark H Durkan MLA, Minister of the Environment; Daniel Schaffer, CEO Foundation for Environmental Education; and Amy McCloy, Lagan College.
Delegates had the opportunity to visit Belmont Primary School to see their excellent Eco-Schools work.
Pictured with Teddy Myles and Katie Walker from Belmont Primary School are Sukhprit Kaur, Eco-Schools India and Agnieszka Pabis, Eco-Schools Poland.
The international visitors enjoyed a trip to local Eco-Schools showcasing best practice including Belmont Primary School in Belfast who impressed with their knowledge of all things Eco.